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Issue: 271

March 27, 2008

Commentary

Candidates’ Fear and Reporters’ Scripts:The DA Race in Austin, a Microcosm of the Bigger Races

By Daniel N. White Guest Commentator

It’s election season again, and campaign news stories time again, too. There’s one race in my parts I’m paying attention to, even if the news crowd isn’t, and that’s the local DA race here in Travis County (Austin), Texas. The previous DA of 30 years is retiring, and there was a four-way contest of current…

It's election season again, and campaign news stories time again, too. There's one race in my parts I'm paying attention to, even if the news crowd…

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Commentary

Rutgers University Annual Women’s Month Symposium – “Is Power Redefining the Politics of Women?”

By Cynthia McKinney U.S. Congressperson (D-GA)

I would like to thank the Students Association, the faculty, and the Administration for thinking about me and inviting me to be here this afternoon with you as we celebrate Women’s History Month. It is appropriate to think about the status of women here at home and around the world because we also just celebrated…

I would like to thank the Students Association, the faculty, and the Administration for thinking about me and inviting me to be here this afternoon with…

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Commentary

Prodigal Petraeus

By David Swanson Guest Commentator

And he said, A certain nation had a son. And the son said to congress, Congress, give me $560 billion. And Congress gave it. And not many days after, this son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with vicious slaughter and enrichment of sinful people.…

And he said, A certain nation had a son. And the son said to congress, Congress, give me $560 billion. And Congress gave it. And not…

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Commentary

A Word From Our Executive Editor: Black Commentator’s 6th Anniversary

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

Cover Story I actually do not remember when I first heard about Black Commentator.com. There was a buzz that started about it in progressive Black circles. There were few centers for progressive Black thought so its rise was noticeable. Slowly BC began to gain traction. I had a meeting with BC publisher, Peter Gamble, and…

Cover Story I actually do not remember when I first heard about Black Commentator.com. There was a buzz that started about it in progressive Black circles.…

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Commentary

My 60th Birthday:A Statement from Assata Shakur

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

[Ms. Shakur’s statement came to us from the NYC Jericho Movement] First of all, let me say thank you, to the many people who have helped me celebrate my 60th birthday. Thank you for your beautiful birthday cards and for your warm and eloquent messages. Thank you for your activism, your radiant energy and most…

[Ms. Shakur’s statement came to us from the NYC Jericho Movement] First of all, let me say thank you, to the many people who have helped…

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Commentary

Thinking About Birthdays: You’re Two

By David Swanson Guest Commentator

Dear Wesley, You’re two today and you’re napping. If you’re dreaming, they’re probably happy dreams. You’re almost always happy awake. Whatever your worst dreams are, they’re probably not worse than what I fear may become of this world and your future in it. You’ve spent your first two years and the nine months before that…

Dear Wesley, You're two today and you're napping. If you're dreaming, they're probably happy dreams. You're almost always happy awake. Whatever your worst dreams are, they're…

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Commentary

Bush & Cheney keep talking about Iran… – The African World

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

…and, frankly, I stay worried. Despite the revelation by U.S. Intelligence agencies that Iran stopped exploring the possibility for nuclear weapons some years ago, the Bush administration has continued to engage in an amazing display of factual denial. The revelation resulted in a temporary toning down of the rhetoric of war because of the embarrassment.…

…and, frankly, I stay worried. Despite the revelation by U.S. Intelligence agencies that Iran stopped exploring the possibility for nuclear weapons some years ago, the Bush…

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Commentary

April 3, 1968: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.- I’ve Been to the Mountaintop

By The Black Commentator Guest Commentator

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this speech in support of the striking sanitation workers at Mason Temple in Memphis, TN on April 3, 1968 — the day before he was assassinated. Thank you very kindly, my friends. As I listened to Ralph Abernathy in his eloquent and generous introduction and then thought about myself,…

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this speech in support of the striking sanitation workers at Mason Temple in Memphis, TN on April 3, 1968 —…

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